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. >> david, let's talk about obama's wars and his use of modern warfare on the cyber wars as you mentioned, and then the drone wars. as we've discussed, these wars are prosecuted without congressional say-so. are largely unaccountable. rules of engagement have really yet to be codfide on both fronts. they are targeted but there is serious collateral damage in the case of drones, obviously innocent civilians have been killed. as you point out, that was sort of unintentionally replicated around the world, that virus. i wonder if we can take a historical look for a second. obama might be a nobel peace prize winner for his aversion to traditional warfare but he has been a pioneer commando in terms of modern warfare. how do you think the longview of history will parcel out those two opposing ends of the psalm coin? >> you know, it is a great question. as i reported on confront and conceal, i got to a point where i reached an american official, worked for president bush, worked for president obama, worked with them quite closely, and this official said to me, you know, what was surprising about
. >> david, let's talk about obama's wars and his use of modern warfare on the cyber wars as you mentioned, and then the drone wars. as we've discussed, these wars are prosecuted without congressional say-so. are largely unaccountable. rules of engagement have really yet to be codfide on both fronts. they are targeted but there is serious collateral damage in the case of drones, obviously innocent civilians have been killed. as you point out, that was sort of unintentionally replicated...
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so obama's still calling on all his big writers to help him there. he went over very well. as good or sometimes even funnier than conan. >> i thought he was a little bit funnier than conan. that's just my opinion. david, thanks so much for your time and those photos that you posted. of course, you had a terrific time at the event and we appreciate you sharing it with us. >> thanks, betty. >>> now for another look at the weather, here's nbc's dylan dri drier with the weather channel forecast. >> we're talking about rain across the southeast, heavy in spots, especially down through the carolinas. it's already stretching into the washington, d.c. area with some lighter showers across new york and new jersey today. but the big area of concern will be for damaging winds, maybe some isolated hail, especially into southern wisconsin and that will stretch back into northeastern kansas. that's the area where we should see some of our strongest storms today. betty? >> thank you, dylan. we appreciate that. >>> just ahead, who won the weekend box office battle of the continents. and so
so obama's still calling on all his big writers to help him there. he went over very well. as good or sometimes even funnier than conan. >> i thought he was a little bit funnier than conan. that's just my opinion. david, thanks so much for your time and those photos that you posted. of course, you had a terrific time at the event and we appreciate you sharing it with us. >> thanks, betty. >>> now for another look at the weather, here's nbc's dylan dri drier with the weather...
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president obama has been very careful in terms of not really talking about those options that are under consideration. tonight that changed and he said he is not at this point considering putting boots on the ground. using the term, he does not foresee putting boots on the ground in syria. the president has to some extent boxed him in. he said of course if syria uses chem weapons that would be a red line. the white house saying they believe chemical weapons were used but there are still too many questions about the origin of the weapons. president obama not ready to say how he is going to proceed when it comes to syria. so again we are still trying to get reaction to the israeli airstrike. >> andrea, you mentioned before john kerry is in moscow, on a trip specifically with the intent of trying to move forward diplomatically on presenting a u united front, to avoid further military escalation, to avoid a regional conflict. the chief on stek sell russia which is course with the assad regime, as well as iran. how does it change the news we get about israeli news strikes in syria which have
president obama has been very careful in terms of not really talking about those options that are under consideration. tonight that changed and he said he is not at this point considering putting boots on the ground. using the term, he does not foresee putting boots on the ground in syria. the president has to some extent boxed him in. he said of course if syria uses chem weapons that would be a red line. the white house saying they believe chemical weapons were used but there are still too...
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let's go now to washington, and president obama in his weekly address today talking about those big sequester cuts and how congress quickly moved to bring furloughed air traffic controllers back on the job. the furloughs by the faa had caused airport delays across this country. well, here's the president's take today. >> this week, the sequester hurt travelers who were stuck for hours in airports and on planes and arightly frustrated by it. and maybe because they fly home each weekend the members of congress who insisted on these cuts finally realized that they actually apply to them, too. >> nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker is at the white house for us. with a good saturday morning to you, kristen. i know the white house has been calling this a band-aid since the senate passed it on thursday night. so, will the president sign it once it hits his desk? >> hey, good morning, alex. and welcome to d.c. always great to have you here. you know, despite calling it a band-aid he is expected to sign this legislation in to law. and it stands to wonder how is he going to have leverage to
let's go now to washington, and president obama in his weekly address today talking about those big sequester cuts and how congress quickly moved to bring furloughed air traffic controllers back on the job. the furloughs by the faa had caused airport delays across this country. well, here's the president's take today. >> this week, the sequester hurt travelers who were stuck for hours in airports and on planes and arightly frustrated by it. and maybe because they fly home each weekend the...
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i was talking to jon meacham earlier about the historical impact that you and president obama working together had on the election and it did have an impact. six months later, you are a pariah in your party and many parts. a lot of fund-raisers and big fund-raisers are angry with you and a lot of conservatives say they are done with you, you're finished in national politics because of what you did. six months later, do you have any regrets? >> no. no. >> all right. next question. no, seriously. let's talk about this. this is how screwed up american politics is. that i see it every day, by the way, you got 67% approval rating. every day i see on the twitter feed, i see conservatives hacking you to little bits, calling you a traitor and calling you a benedict arnold, saying you're a rhino and you're finished. yet all of these losers support losing candidates you got 67% approval rating. what do you say to your far, far, far, far right wing critics that think it's wrong for you to work with a democrat? >> i say the same thing to all of my critics no matter where they are in the spectrum.
i was talking to jon meacham earlier about the historical impact that you and president obama working together had on the election and it did have an impact. six months later, you are a pariah in your party and many parts. a lot of fund-raisers and big fund-raisers are angry with you and a lot of conservatives say they are done with you, you're finished in national politics because of what you did. six months later, do you have any regrets? >> no. no. >> all right. next question....
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this is something that the obama administration has been warning about for months and they're still talking about doing that at the pentagon and other key places. when you talk about areas where congress might want to step in, they might have concerns, that's another area. but i don't know that the furloughs are going to be sort of as alarming as the white house believes. there's a lot of individually people have concerns in those departments, but i think for the general public so far there hasn't been as big an outcry. >> you have to wonder, the sequester cuts that you mentioned from head start to meals on wheels and the others, are you getting any sense that if -- piecemeal if people start opposing those as vociferously as people did the air-traffic controller furloughs, might congress have to then come back and do these sort of band-aid fixes? >> well, you know, one of the reasons that a lot of the house democrats were upset with the legislation on friday was they say this is a band-aid and we should be doing big sweeping bills. i feel like the momentum will run out to keep doing each of
this is something that the obama administration has been warning about for months and they're still talking about doing that at the pentagon and other key places. when you talk about areas where congress might want to step in, they might have concerns, that's another area. but i don't know that the furloughs are going to be sort of as alarming as the white house believes. there's a lot of individually people have concerns in those departments, but i think for the general public so far there...